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Every young man can probably envision himself as the next Beach Boys, Beatles or Rolling Stones.

Why do I say that? Because that’s what I remember thinking when I was a young man. If you had any musical talent (in my own case, my father was a professional musician) at all, or even if you didn’t, there was little that got in your way if you wanted to form a band.

Like many boys and girls, I took music lessons. In my own case, it was piano, then guitar. It was simply a rite of passage. I can vividly recall having to practice the piano every afternoon, even before I started on my school h...